Re: Dakotas towing-pics??

From: greasy (gg428@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 09 2001 - 12:22:38 EST


I pulled a 4200lb 55 pontiac home from kansas on a 1200 traliler. This was
with my 99 cc 5.2 5spd..
now I did have to get some overload stops installed to keep the frame off
the axle since the bed of the truck was full of parts.
Unfortunatlu I dont have any pics
greasy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Coughlin" <willcoughlin@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:50 PM
Subject: DML: Dakotas towing-pics??

> The recent request for Dakota pic's has got me interested to see if there
is
> any more pics of Dakotas towing. Oh, and who is towing what with their
> Dakota? What truck combo do you have/what are you pulling? I know that Don
> Mallett pulls a wrecked car on a car hauler/flatbed behind his 4.7L/auto
2wd
> Quad, but I don't remember anybody else saying they tow anything?? Oh,
Todd
> Flummer-you pull a landscape trailer wit your 5.2L/auto ext. cab, right? I
> have the Hotchkis suspension on my truck now, what about towing with that?
> Anybody doing that? It's not that big of a deal to swap rear springs(just
a
> little time consuming), but it would make it a pain if I needed to get
> hooked up in any set time. Should I get an airbag assist for the rear?
What
> kind of airbag assist setup is anybody running? Thanks,
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
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